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Connecting Workforce Development to Leverage Empowerment in 2023

February 25, 2023 by HRSAdmin

Connecting Workforce Development to Leverage Empowerment in 2023

February 25, 2023

Empowerment Beyond Marketing

Empowerment has been recently seen and used as a tagline or marketing ploy, especially in a recruiting manor for more employees or customers.

It is important to be sure you and your organization foundationally understand that there need to be 3 things involved for empowerment to be present in a moment and that is Authority, Power, and People.

A corporation or organization is not part of that equation based on the definition of empowerment which is the authority and power connected to people.

Authority is centered around how people feel empowered and the confidence that they have but also all the way that they care for themselves. Authority-driven items usually produce that boss-like mentality you get from being empowered. It can be very emotionally driven, and it is usually hard to track an honest answer.

See your nearest supervisor feedback review scores that paint a different opinion than the turnover rate is telling you. How does it make you feel to provide the rideshare car driver with a 5-star rating?

That process is all tied to the authority portion of empowerment. All things in this world either raise or lower someone’s authority of empowerment. The emotional side of empowerment can often have different answers to the same exact question because it is based on people’s perceptions.

On the other side of these parts of empowerment is the power side, and that portion is where all the data and numbers live.

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Power in Empowerment

Power in empowerment is where people usually get caught up in trying to acquire these intrinsic items. The tangible measured items like money and all its derivatives, functional power like energy, and the most powerful of all the power items, which is time, are some examples.

Most of the power items can be captured, grown, and invested, except time which is only exactly what you get but also how much time you devote to something and collectively as an organization how many resources you use to impact change or produce a profit margin.

Tracking the impact of these power items in your leadership and workforce development programs should be inherently easy because they all involve some sort of measurable number tied to each of them.

Often organizations are the only ones attempting to track these items and the successes of the DEI program. They are looking to provide an impactful number of promotions or pay equity of the organization among other metrics.

Where we can create more change for 2023 through our people is by helping them better understand how to measure and track their own empowerment this year. And that is why people are the final part of empowerment and they must be involved to connect your program to empowerment.

People in Empowerment

People will always play a critical role even with machine learning and artificial intelligence. They are all a part of your workforce, and all can be collectively working together to track the impact that they each make this year.

To track authority accurately in 2023 you are going to have to teach your employees more about empowerment by connecting it to your leadership and workforce development programming. By measuring the authority each person has within themselves will help your employees develop by understanding how they feel about their own commitment to your organization.

Then remember the power items can be easily tracked since they all contain a measurable component to them, but the key element is teaching your people to also track their power items as well which they contribute to the organization.

If your people are truly empowered in 2023, then they should be able to provide their empowerment report at the end of the year. This report can showcase all of their successes personally but also how they connected to other people through authority, as well as the power numbers of their business results.

DEI programs are only successful when they ultimately tie back to business and if your people are empowered then they should be able to communicate exactly why they are instead of it just being a blanket statement.

Development that Aligns with the Empowerment Shift

Having served for 6 years as the VP of DEI for 60,000 people at PNC Bank I saw how empowerment moved and was received through DEI and community driven programming. This is what led me to finish my research on empowerment and create a world class leadership development organization.

I get the pleasure of helping great organizations become better by connecting my research on empowerment of people as well as measuring how empowered your people are across the differences that we have as humans.

Remember that empowerment is felt differently across all our top differences so our groundbreaking empowering differences assessment helps to provide data surrounding which differences need the most empowerment in your organization as well as providing recommendations on which leadership actions people can do to drive more empowerment faster.

For 2023 you can create a leadership development for your entire workforce based on each person’s intersectionality and that can help truly empower all differences.

All About Our Guest

More about Ashley

She transformed from homelessness and being an out woman of transgender experience to gain a job as a part time bank teller in 2010, then became the national vice president of Diversity Equity and Inclusion at PNC Bank in 4.5 years. After being featured in several media outlets she left her job running DEI and publishing an award winning empowerment and leadership book/program. Now she runs her own transformational leadership development organization traveling the world sharing her insights while also serving for several nonprofit organizations and sharing her research on how to drive empowerment faster though all of our differences we have as humans.

About Empowering Differences

International award winning leadership and empowerment expert Ashley T Brundage shares her insight into numerous especially tracking DEI efforts through what she calls Empowering Actions with the APP of Empowerment. Her leadership development program teaches people how to track the DEIB work they do for organizations by measuring the authority driven items through human capital surveys as well as tracking the power driven items through their natural measurement and tracked nature since they are all easily accountable. The power items are like actual power, monetary instruments, and time as 3 common examples. The authority driven items are more people centric placed surrounding feelings like confidence, learned skills, and wellness. Her program focuses this tracking effort as the APP of empowerment deeply rooted in the foundational definition of empowerment which is authority and power connected to people. She also professionally advises several other corporation and meeting organizations on inclusive practices for meetings to address LGBTQ+, Disabled, and other marginalized communities to make access to programs more equitable for all.

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20 Leaders Tell You Why Organizations Cannot Ignore the DEI Shift – Part 2

January 17, 2023 by HRSpotlightTeam

20 Leaders Tell You Why Organizations Cannot Ignore the DEI Shift – Part 2

January 17, 2023

Workforce Demands

Customer demands and various external factors – such as the pandemic, racial and social injustice, political divisiveness, economic pressures and the like – have resulted in increased mobilization around DE&I in the last few years, and CEOs and C-Suites are starting to recognize the importance – and competitive advantage — of a diverse and inclusive workplace. They are no longer debating the business case but are now focused on how to operationalize DE&I to drive tangible outcomes.

Inclusion is a solid predictor of employee engagement, and we’ve seen an increase in employees expressing concerns about such things as a lack of inclusion and psychological safety at work.

Anuradha Hebbar,
Partner & Global Lead, DEI Practice, Kincentric

But what’s different now — and what we think is the biggest reason that the shift is here to stay — has to do with employees themselves.

Our global employee engagement research shows that inclusion is a solid predictor of employee engagement, and we’ve seen an increase in employees expressing concerns about such things as a lack of inclusion and psychological safety at work. As a result, and unlike never before, employees are placing pressure on companies to take meaningful actions around DE&I and are using their voices to demand change, making it impossible to not take this shift seriously.

Anuradha Hebbar, Partner & Global Lead, DEI Practice, Kincentric

Need for Lasting Change

We have been doing what is now called DEI consulting for approximately 40 years. This work started to ramp up around conversations of Affirmative Action – when the “diversity hiring” was being encouraged, and very often without the thought of how to retain and support the “diverse hires” to feel included and like they belong. Our world is a diverse one, and as we continue thinking about social cohesion – whether in our workplace, communities, families, and as a society, we need to think about how we can best have effective cross-cultural (all differences) dialogue.

There is still much work to be done – we are noticing a shift in the past couple of years to a realization that this is not a quick fix, 1-hour workshop that clients often think they want. The shift we notice is in the clients own realizations that it is (and needs to be) deep work – which is why the model our founders developed (based in clinical psychology – transactional analysis) has been so effective. It takes into consideration the three dimensions of change needed to make a lasting impact (affective, behavioral, and cognitive).

Elika Dadsetan, CEO & Executive Director, VISIONS Inc.

Current Realities

We know that women and people of color do not feel the workplace is fair and indeed, it has not been designed for them. And they are leaving in great numbers–making many workplaces less and less diverse. Ignoring the need to retain and recruit diverse talent, will result in companies OUT OF TOUCH with current realities–and their clients and customers which will mean losing money and market share. What’s more consumers and clients are starting to ask these questions on DEI of their brands and vendors.

Ignoring the need to retain and recruit diverse talent, will result in companies OUT OF TOUCH with current realities–and their clients and customers which will mean losing money and market share.

Amy-Willard Cross,
Founder, Gender Fair

Gender Fair has unpublished proprietary data that says the people care the most about protections from harassment and equal pay. Workplaces are falling short when it comes to the above, and many other things. Since 2016, Gender Fair measures public facing consumer companies on how they serve women across 5 categories (leadership, employee policies, advertising, diversity reporting philanthropy). About 85% of companies fall short–with little women’s leadership, lacking policies or parental leave not doing pay studies etc.

Amy-Willard Cross, Founder, Gender Fair

Work Environment Diversity

Diversifying the hiring process has become an essential piece of modern work culture, but perhaps more importantly, a diversified team shows increasingly greater positive results than their homogenous counterparts – and the numbers are there to prove it. Three in four job seekers and workers prefer diverse companies, and diverse management has been shown to increase revenue by 19%, according to statistics.

That’s why, since I joined the LinkSquares team in 2019, I have spearheaded initiatives to create a more diverse environment at LinkSquares, including improved hiring practices that better include underrepresented groups in our candidate pools and interview panels. In addition to this, we provide employees with unconscious bias training, have created an employee-run DEI committee, set up ERGs, and launched inclusive employee benefits like our universal parental leave.

Working alongside a diverse team at LinkSquares as both a woman and Asian American myself, I’ve seen firsthand from a business perspective how initiatives like these help produce better results. Our focus on DEI has helped us achieve 1582% revenue growth over the past 3 years. I’m proud that we’ve built a diverse culture at LinkSquares that welcomes and encourages employees to bring their whole selves to the company.

Juliette Kopecky, Chief Marketing Officer, LinkSquares

Competitive Hiring Advantages

A strong, consistent focus on DEI has historically been the first thing to go at many companies when the market experiences turbulence – consider the fact that the number of Black software engineers in the U.S. has stayed at 5 percent of the overall total for years – but it is more critical than ever to not step away from these efforts. These are the times when hiring inclusively matters the most to underrepresented talent. What is good for DEI is also good for overall hiring efficiency – the tradeoff here is a false one.

Right now, the organizations that are able to invest in building a more intentional AND inclusive hiring process are going to have a huge competitive advantage as we emerge – as we always do! – from the current market disruption.

Jeffrey Spector,
Co-Founder & President, Karat

When hiring slows, you can focus more on building relationships with organizations and communities that you might not have otherwise, so that you can get a more diverse pool of candidates for all your jobs. Right now, the organizations that are able to invest in building a more intentional AND inclusive hiring process are going to have a huge competitive advantage as we emerge – as we always do! – from the current market disruption.

Jeffrey Spector, Co-Founder & President, Karat

Organizational Progress

In order to keep up in today’s world, organizations must attract forward-thinking clients, employees, and other stakeholders who are focused on diversity, equality, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB). While many companies today recognize and prioritize hiring diverse candidates, it is much more challenging to address and implement changes related to equity, inclusion, and belonging.

Employers may not know where to start and the concern of doing the wrong thing may prevent some companies from making impactful decisions surrounding DEIB. This makes sense given that initiatives in these areas are much more difficult to grasp and effectively implement. But, thanks to coaching organizations and their impact, companies no longer have to work alone when creating change related to DEIB.

In a recent thought piece by Activate 180, the company offers tips to help an organization kick-start its DEIB initiatives and explains how employee-focused programs can further an organization’s progress in these efforts.

Here are the ways that working with coaches can help support organizations in moving toward EIB initiatives:

Equity: By offering coaching to employees at all levels, coaching programs support organizations in providing equitable opportunities for the development, growth, and advancement of their entire employee base.
Inclusion: Through one-on-one coaching, experts teach tools that give employees confidence and empower them to share their opinions at work.
Belonging: Team or company-wide coaching sessions and team-building exercises facilitate companies in creating safe spaces where all employees can express themselves honestly.

Rod McDermott, CEO & Co-Founder, Activate 180

Need for Continual Commitment

Company leaders must take diversity and inclusivity as seriously as digital transformation. Unfortunately, many companies have failed to deliver on their DEI commitments. They must recognize it as a multi-year process that involves funding, resourcing, company metrics, change management, systems rebuild and the setting of employee-related goals.

If we use the digital transformation analogy, many companies are merely pausing at the Blackberry stage and saying, “Yep, we’re good.” That shortsighted approach can impact employee commitment, brand equity and customer loyalty.

Kim Clark, Owner, Kim Clark Communications

Employee Trust

Losing employee trust is the one thing that’s convinced me that we cannot afford to ignore the shift in prioritizing diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. 2020 was a year of awakening and reckoning resulting in a paradigm shift with employees demanding that their employers take a public stand against racism, and all forms of discrimination, and initiate change.

Simultaneously, many organizations took action by re-evaluating systems in comparison to how they impact the workforce, prioritized amplifying voices of the marginalized and racialized, and hired Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Leaders to implement and manage a path forward.

2020 was a year of awakening and reckoning resulting in a paradigm shift with employees demanding that their employers take a public stand against racism, and all forms of discrimination, and initiate change.

Shalaura Soliai,
Vice President, DEI, Discovery Behavioral Health

Unfortunately, some corporate DEI initiatives lost momentum similar to the black square movement on social media. Because of this, employees are keenly watching with discernment to determine if their employer’s diversity and inclusivity strategy is rooted in performative or genuine allyship. Our teammates have entrusted leadership with fulfilling their commitment to engineer and sustain a more equitable workplace; if we lose their trust we are at risk of losing them.

Developing timely and intentional communications about DEI initiatives, employee demographics, updates, and outcomes (including the good, the bad, and the ugly) is a great way to ensure inclusivity remains a priority and foster employee trust.

Shalaura Soliai, Vice President, DEI, Discovery Behavioral Health

Company Culture

In the past several years, HR professionals have been at the forefront of leading DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives in their workplaces to create a more equal playing field for all people.

As part of the mission, creating an inclusive culture and enabling alternative accessibility methods is becoming increasingly important. For this reason, HR teams have begun to emphasize DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) to truly embrace diversity in all its forms and address any challenges concerning accessibility considerations.

This broader focus allows comprehensive solutions to be created and encourages everyone in the organization to be conscious of not only cultural differences, but also physical limitations that could diminish someone’s ability to contribute effectively on the job.

HR professionals have been at the forefront of leading DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives in their workplaces to create a more equal playing field for all people.

Jennifer Morehead,
CEO, FlexHR

As HR professionals, it is our responsibility to ensure that organizations are actively striving to develop cultures and environments that are inclusive, equitable, and diverse. Flex HR’s DEI expert and HR consultant, Zarena C. Marcus, encourages companies to take a deeper look into the ways they have been operating their businesses in the past, prompting organizations to consider how they can implement DEI strategies effectively in order to facilitate the necessary changes.

One of the most important components of this process is including sensitivity training that has been tailored to the organization’s needs. A crucial part of making sure DEI efforts are successful is getting to know your employees on a more personal level, which allows you to understand their backgrounds and ensure that any environment you cultivate is one where every employee feels accepted, included, and heard.

Jennifer Morehead, CEO, FlexHR

Positive Branding

Performative attempts can have a strong negative impact on your brand. Employees are the loudest voices when it comes to company sentiment. It might be what they share with their friends, family, colleagues, and their network connections. Employees are the first to call out the company’s BS when attempting performative DEI. We saw many examples of that after George Floyd’s murder, like Anthropology, Starbucks, and many, many more. However, for those doing DEI work to meet their promises and commitments to DEI, you see improvement in employee retention and acquisition by attracting new talent. It’s not about doing DEI perfectly (as there is no such thing) but rather doing it as best to the company’s ability with an actual change in mind can shine a light on the company’s brand in a positive light.

Kim Flanery-Rye, Founder and Principal Consultant, MyKimisms

A Mix of Advantages No Organization can Ignore

While this list is indeed quite a comprehensive one, thanks to the varying reasons put forth by leaders from organizations not just understanding the shift but also committing to it, we also know that when an organization commits to DEI efforts in the long term, the list of advantages extends far beyond the elements mentioned here.

After all, it’s not just the employees and the organization that benefit; the impact of embracing diversity, equality, and inclusivity leaves an impression on social circles too.

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11 Leaders Show You How to Make Your Resume Stand Out

January 16, 2023 by HRSpotlightTeam

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January 16, 2023

Show Up in Person

As a business owner, I have this fantasy that a job seeker out there is more enthusiastic about working with my company than I am. And the primary way that job seekers can prove that is by walking into my office or, at a minimum, picking up the phone and calling me directly. Yet in 30 years, this almost never happens.

Hard truth: We business owners don’t care about your resume, we care about your passion for our business and your hunger to be part of our team. Stop hiding behind a resume, get in front of it.

Ben Lawrence,
Founder, Wolf Heart Sales

Wanna make your resume stand out? Visit the office of your dream employer! Ask to meet the president. Offer to volunteer to work there for a day, even if it’s just sweeping the floors. Hard truth: We business owners don’t care about your resume, we care about your passion for our business and your hunger to be part of our team. Stop hiding behind a resume, get in front of it.

Ben Lawrence, Founder, Wolf Heart Sales

Include a LinkedIn Profile

By including a link to your LinkedIn profile or your resume, you show your online credibility. After all, hiring managers can learn a lot about potential employees by checking out their LinkedIn profiles, so it’s always a good idea to include one in your resume. It shows that you’re willing to take extra steps to get hired, which is always an outstanding quality to have.

Matthew Ramirez, CEO, Rephrasely

Add Infographics or Visual Elements

This can be a timeline of your career growth, a visual representation of your skills and experience, or any other creative way to present your information. Adding color themes, icons, and other visuals can help your resume stand out among the competition, as long as it’s not vividly bright or garnished with busy patterns that clash with the content itself.

Adding color themes, icons, and other visuals can help your resume stand out among the competition, as long as it’s not vividly bright or garnished with busy patterns that clash with the content itself.

Shaun Connell,
Founder, Writing Tips Institute

Align its colors and designs with the content, and help the recruiter screen through the entire resume in one go to get a general idea of your skills and experience. So, adding a visual element and the right color theme is a great way to differentiate your resume from the rest of the pack.

Shaun Connell, Founder, Writing Tips Institute

Make Your Accomplishments Scannable

The best way to help your resume stand out is to list your accomplishments with metrics in bold. A recruiter has tons of resumes to review; make it easy for them as they quickly scan your resume with the list of all of your significant accomplishments. When you bold your metrics, it captures the attention of the recruiter quickly. Try it out and watch your recruiter response increase.

TK Morgan, Founder & Visionary, Tuesday At 1030

Display Your Passion

My tip is not related to certain fonts or color schemes; it’s simply to focus on displaying your passion for the business and taking the time to, even via a summary, show that you not only (a) understand the business in-depth but also (b) genuinely want to work for them.

Wendy Makinson, HR Manager, Joloda Hydraroll

Show Your Personality

Showing personality in your resume can help you stand out from the crowd by giving the reader a sense of who you are as a person. A resume is not just a list of your qualifications and experience; it’s also an opportunity to show the employer what makes you unique and sets you apart from other candidates.

Including a bit of personality in your resume can help the reader get to know you better and make a more personal connection with you.

Piotrek Sosnowski,
Chief People & Culture Officer, HiJunior

Including a bit of personality in your resume can help the reader get to know you better and make a more personal connection with you. For example, you might include a summary of your personal interests or hobbies, or highlight a specific personal or professional accomplishment that shows your character and values.

However, it’s important to strike the right balance with showing personality. While it’s okay to inject a bit of your own style and personality, it’s still important to maintain a professional tone and focus on your qualifications and achievements.

Piotrek Sosnowski, Chief People & Culture Officer, HiJunior

Include that Cover Letter

When looking at candidates, I always give extra attention to those who attach or send a cover letter with their resumes. This shows me they truly want the position and gives me a glimpse into why they would be a good fit or are interested. It’s a great way to get your resume to the top. It also adds a human element to it, as your personality may show more in the cover letter. Always send one; it may be the deciding factor in your hiring. I interview more candidates who send cover letters.

Seth Newman, Director, SportingSmiles

Follow Up

In any job application, you’re going up against many other candidates. No matter how you set up your resume, nothing is going to represent you better than yourself.

If you have the opportunity, it’s worth finding out who the hiring manager is and having a conversation with them about the role. It shows enthusiasm, but it also gives you the opportunity to find out more about the role. That way, you’ll know if it’s right for you, but you’ll also have a head start when you’re interviewed.

Ashlea Harwood, HR & Office Manager, Darwen Electrical Services

Put Your Best, Important Information First

Who doesn’t want a standout resume? It is the first step to getting a dream job. If a recruiter doesn’t like your resume, you can’t express what you know and your skills. Maybe you are better than your resume sounds, but getting through the resume screening can give you a chance to prove yourself.

Most of the time, a recruiter doesn’t read a complete resume to find your skills and achievements. So, it’s better to make it easy for them by presenting them in summary at the top of the resume.

Saikat Ghosh,
Associate Director, HR & Business, Technource

Use the summary section in the resume to put the most important things about you. Present the essence of your best skills and achievements in the summary. It is because most of the time, a recruiter doesn’t read a complete resume to find your skills and achievements. So, it’s better to make it easy for them by presenting them in summary at the top of the resume.

For this, choose the format of the resume that has a summary section, or you can add it to the page if it is not there. This type of summary can stand out on your resume, and you can get an interview call. So, save the best for the most important information.

Saikat Ghosh, Associate Director, HR & Business, Technource

Use Specific Numbers and Action Words

Be specific with numbers and results by using powerful and action words. It doesn’t matter what role you are in; you have created an impact. “I increased revenue by X% by doing XYZ.”

Action words can include: saved, acquired, retained, expanded, boosted, etc.

Stephanie Mantofel, Founder, Bright Link Talent

Focus on Clean, Easy-to-Read Templates

Consider using a clean, modern layout with plenty of white space to make the resume easy to read. The key is to find a balance between a visually appealing design and a professional, easy-to-read layout.

Don’t fall for commercialized CVs. A simple resume with a clean layout and plenty of white space is easier for recruiters and hiring managers to read and understand.

Dominic Hutchings,
Business Development Manager, Wellpack

Don’t fall for commercialized CVs. A simple resume with a clean layout and plenty of white space is easier for recruiters and hiring managers to read and understand. This is important when they are reviewing many resumes. The content of what you write and how you sell your skills and expertise matters.

Dominic Hutchings, Business Development Manager, Wellpack

Every Effort Adds Up!

Every pointer presented by these leaders makes sense, and leaving any of them out of your resume would surely mean giving up on advantage. So the trick is to use every effort in the book to create a resume that not just stands out but also goes all the way even when it’s against some of the best candidates out there.

So add every component that’s mentioned here, and customize your resume not just in line with the position you’re looking to bag but also the employer’s needs and business plans. It’s all about creating a winning mix that stands out!

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Simple and Efficient Wellness Initiatives: The Biz Latin Hub Story

December 8, 2022 by HRSAdmin

Simple and Efficient Wellness Initiatives: The Biz Latin Hub Story

December 8, 2022

We asked HR and business leaders around the world the all-important question of how their workplace wellness initiatives are impacting their workforce. Among our responses, we received this wonderful piece of insight from Craig Dempsey, and we just had to share all that Craig had to say about their simple and efficient wellness initiatives at Biz Latin Hub!

At Biz Latin Hub, we make every effort in order to ensure our employees feel comfortable whilst working in the office. For the past few years, we have constantly been implementing and improving these processes for the benefit of all our staff.

Clean, tidy and well-decorated offices

Firstly, we believe it is essential to maintain a high level of cleanliness at all times. We have someone in charge of that mission throughout the working day.

We also keep the office bright and colorful, which has an important impact on morale. There are paintings spread around the office and plants for additional color. As well as being decorative, plants improve air quality, are a source of well-being, and also improve the productivity of employees.

In addition to our efforts to boost morale, we provide our employees with high-quality technology and working materials so they can provide a top-class service to our clients.

Balanced and healthy diets

Regarding nutrition, I believe a healthy and balanced diet is essential in order to be proactive and energetic.

The majority of employees start working by 9 am, so they should have time to get up a little early and have a good breakfast (the most important meal of the day?)

At the workplace, we then provide fruit baskets daily to keep everybody in good spirits and full of energy (citrus fruits, bananas, apples).

We also provide several types of tea and coffee (as any good office should) to stay alert throughout the day and a water cooler, so everyone stays hydrated. In addition to the pleasure that hot drinks provide, they can also boost intellectual and physical capacity.

Like most companies, we have a small lunch room with cutlery, plates, cups, microwave and many other things that could be useful for our employees and their well-being.

Everyone is free to have snacks or eat outside in the sunshine. Our employees have the freedom to take their breaks when they so desire and are therefore not forced to have a heavy lunch to keep them going through the day.

A united team goes the extra mile

In relation to corporate culture, our devoted HR team is constantly adding more and more events to the staff calendar.

We organize team-building events to strengthen bonds and improve team cohesion so all employees can get to know their co-workers more deeply.

In addition to this, we celebrate milestones with enthusiasm and with the whole team. For example, we recently celebrated the company’s 8th anniversary, and the atmosphere was amazing. These events allow the team to spend lots of pleasant time together whilst at work.

Sometimes, after certain events or by the request of an employee, we will organize team meals that everyone is invited to after a day at the office.

We also provide access to workshops such as language classes, photography classes, and sports events.

Our employees have access to training throughout the year and the possibility to progress to more important positions within the company, especially management positions.

Thanks to all of this, everybody’s sense of belonging becomes stronger and our offices at Biz Latin Hub offer a great social climate.

Hybrid work to satisfy everyone

This highlights a very topical subject that, since the Covid-19 pandemic, has affected many workplaces.

I think it is important for everyone to be able to balance their family and professional life. Remote working or hybrid work allows for more flexibility and suits many people.

According to a recent study, about 80% of employees worldwide have found a better balance between these two important parts of their lives since starting hybrid/remote work agreements.

This can also generate better productivity in some cases and even reduce levels of stress.

As it often is in big cities, a significant part of our team lives a fair distance from the office. Travel time is greatly reduced by working remotely, and it allows them to save money on top of that. This time and money can then be used for other parts of their lives, further improving their work/life balance. This is an excellent compromise and many of the team have expressed positive opinions on our recently developed hybrid work strategy.

This being said, some people prefer to work from the office, which is fully understandable, whether it is for social reasons, communication, or something else. In our case, most of the employees come in 3 days a week to the office and then work from home for the rest of the week. Obviously, there are some exceptions depending on the needs of the employee. On Fridays, we usually ask everybody to come into the office as we often hold important meetings and/or celebrations at the end of the working week.

I personally prefer to be working in the field with my collaborators. It saves me from being on my computer all day. At the office, our computers are programmed to change color after 5:30 pm, so our employees don’t work overtime and it prevents eye strain.

To Sum It Up

In conclusion, we understand that there is a strong correlation between productivity, motivation, and well-being at work. Therefore, we do our best to repeatedly improve our health and well-being initiatives and enact them to form a workforce that consistently improves their state of mind and their ability to thrive at work.

About Craig Dempsey

Craig Dempsey is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Biz Latin Hub Group, an organization dedicated to assisting investors in Latin America and the Caribbean via the likes of company formation and tax advisory, as well as through recruitment and payroll outsourcing.

Craig holds a degree in mechanical engineering, a master’s degree in project management, and other certifications covering logistics, personal management, and government administration. Craig is an Australian military veteran and has been deployed overseas on numerous occasions. He is also a former mining executive with experience in Australia, Canada, Colombia, and Peru.

Craig is based at the BLH head office in Bogota, Colombia.

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An HR team has a lot to do even on a day that does not have them lining up and conducting interviews, meeting with hiring managers to understand their requirements, or putting to work retention strategies that keep their workforce engaged. And without the right list of tools and platforms backing them up, it would indeed be difficult for any HR team to get any work done, let alone create impact.

6 Tools and Platforms Recommended by Leaders

Here are six tools and platforms these leaders set up to make things easier for their HR teams

Reveal
A Good Communication Tool
Workday
Human Resources Management System
Google Drive
BambooHR

Reveal

In order to improve hiring, HR teams should be making use of reliable pre-hire assessment tools that can give their companies a definitive edge when it comes to employment recruiting. So, in my opinion, an HR team that isn’t taking advantage of the best pre-employment testing software, like Reveal, is truly missing out.

Reveal is a dependable, accurate assessment platform that puts companies in the best position to identify high-potential employees and fill open positions with them.

Linda Scorzo, CEO, Hiring Indicators

Reveal is a dependable, accurate assessment platform that puts companies in the best position to identify high-potential employees and fill open positions with them. What’s more, pre-employment testing can help HR teams improve employee retention rates. The benefits of pre-hire assessment tools speak for themselves!

Linda Scorzo, CEO, Hiring Indicators

A Good Communication Tool

The right mix of tools and platforms can make a big difference for an HR team. Having the right tool or platform the team can always depend on can be extremely helpful. One tool or platform that an HR team can always depend on is a good communication tool. Communication is essential for HR teams, as they need to be able to communicate with employees and managers.

Communication tools can help the team stay organized and efficient and make better decisions about HR-related matters.

Hilary Kozak, VP of Marketing, LivSmooth

A good communication tool will allow the team to stay organized and efficient. The communication tool is one essential tool that the team can always depend on. These tools can help the team stay organized and efficient and make better decisions about HR-related matters.

Hilary Kozak, VP of Marketing, LivSmooth

Workday

It is a cloud-based platform that can help organize, simplify and ease the tasks of HR personnel. It is a provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance, HR, and planning. It has many features and functionalities. With the right tools, it can help save unnecessary costs, time, and effort.

Workday can help change the HR staff’s daily experience. It will help them focus on tasks that need more urgent attention. It simplifies work processes and policies.

Laura Martinez, Consultant and Content Writer, PersonalityMax

Workday can help change the HR staff’s daily experience. It will help them focus on tasks that need more urgent attention. It simplifies work processes and policies. It can enhance performance and help the organization in achieving its set goals.

Laura Martinez, Consultant and Content Writer, PersonalityMax

Human Resources Management System

The HRMS is a one-stop shop for human resource management to store, retrieve and manage human resource data and processes while still remaining compliant to changing tax laws and labor regulations. Rather than having to organize data in physical files, HRMS allows the human resource department to access employee profiles, schedules and attendance lists.

The HRMS is a one-stop shop for human resource management to store, retrieve and manage human resource data and processes while still remaining compliant to changing tax laws and labor regulations.

Yongming Song, CEO, Live Poll for Slides

The HR team can always depend on a HRMS to save time when accessing employee data, generating payrolls and planning workforce. HRMS is the HR team’s best friend because it makes it easier to manage employee benefits, efficiently manage overtime and arrange employee training and development.

Yongming Song, CEO, Live Poll for Slides

Google Drive

For me, it’s Google Drive. I’ve used it for everything from creating a new document to uploading files to sharing them with my team members. The best part about Google Drive is that you can access it from anywhere – and it’s totally free!

Amer Hasovic, Content Writer, Love & Lavender

Google Drive is great for sharing files because it’s so easy to use. You can access your files from any device and they’ll be there when you need them. You can also share those files with anyone you like. It’s perfect for distributing documents or newsletters, as well as collaborating on projects with colleagues and clients. Another thing I like about Google Drive is how much space you get for free 15 GB! That’s more than enough room to store all of your documents and photos (or even videos) in one place.

Amer Hasovic, Content Writer, Love & Lavender

BambooHR

Having worked at a few different startups, the technology stacks always change from company to company, but one platform that I find tremendous value in everywhere I go is BambooHR.

It may not be a perfect system for larger, more complex companies, but at the smaller startups I’ve worked in, BambooHR provides a lot of user-friendly functionality at a great price point and backs it up with great support.

Brett Ungashick, CEO & CHRO, OutSail

The right tools and platforms can make all the difference to an HR team’s performance

While this lineup is a favorite with these leaders, there are plenty of other tools and platforms out there that help an HR team increase efficiency, save time, enhance resource mileage, and provide more value to their functions.

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Here are 5 ways to motivate your HR team:

Spotlight the Impact of Your Team’s Work
Increase Interaction With Employees to Put a Human Face to Your Work
Create Opportunities for HR Team Members to Get Together Outside of Work
Give Your Team a Sense of Purpose by Recognizing Their Impact on the Company Culture
Encourage Teamwork as Well as Having Fun Together as a Team

Spotlight the Impact of Your Team’s Work

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when your department’s to-do list reads like a copy of War and Peace. That is why it’s important to pause and appreciate the breadth and depth of the impact their work has on the company.

As an HR pro, what you do saves money, reduces risks, and propels the organization to increase both top-line value and bottom-line results. Want to motivate your HR team? Hand them a mirror.”

Tim Toterhi, CHRO, Plotline Leadership

Let’s face it. HR isn’t just HR anymore. It’s also marketing and communications and digital strategy with elements of IT, Legal, Finance, and Big Data-management sprinkled in. As an HR pro, what you do saves money, reduces risks, and propels the organization to increase both top-line value and bottom-line results. Want to motivate your HR team? Hand them a mirror.

Tim Toterhi, CHRO, Plotline Leadership

Increase Interaction With Employees to Put a Human Face to Your Work

HR teams deal with people. While their work involves analyzing multiple processes and reporting HR data, the human resource department experiences an unfair reputation as the majority of employees do not trust their HR. Putting a human face on the data they report daily through improved internal employee communication gives the HR team the motivation to keep going. Rather than spending time analyzing complex data, HR can spend more time interacting with employees and putting a human face into the work that they do.

Yongming Song, CEO, Live Poll for Slides

I motivate my HR team to keep delivering its best by involving them in strategic plans. I ensure that the HR team plays an integral part in strategic workforce planning and recognizing their efforts when there is a good performance. I also encourage them to communicate with the workforce and have healthy professional relationships.

Yongming Song, CEO, Live Poll for Slides

Create Opportunities for HR Team Members to Get Together Outside of Work

How does an HR team find the motivation to keep going? One of our biggest challenges is staying motivated as a team. We work hard and long hours, but we also want to make sure we’re not taking advantage of our employees’ goodwill, and that means finding ways to stay focused on building our relationships with them.

We work hard and long hours, but we also want to make sure we’re not taking advantage of our employees’ goodwill, and that means finding ways to stay focused on building our relationships with them.

Amer Hasovic, Content Writer, Love & Lavender

One way we do this is by creating opportunities for our team members to get together outside of work. For example, every year, we host a holiday party in which employees bring food from their home countries and share stories about what makes them feel most at home. It’s a great way for us all to get out of the office and into a space where we can relax – and bond over shared experiences. Another way we stay motivated is through training sessions on topics like communication skills and conflict resolution. These are important topics because they help everyone feel like they have an equal voice in the company – which can be especially challenging when you’re working remotely.

Amer Hasovic, Content Writer, Love & Lavender

Give Your Team a Sense of Purpose by Recognizing Their Impact on the Company Culture

There is no better feeling than when you’ve been involved in a project that you’re proud of and when you lead a team that’s been able to deliver and make a difference.
It’s the reason that a lot of people end up in HR, and it’s what keeps them going.
HR professionals want to have that impact, and they want to be able to feel that they’re making a difference. That’s an important thing to keep in mind when you’re building your HR team and when you’re building your company culture.

HR professionals want to have that impact, and they want to be able to feel that they’re making a difference. That’s an important thing to keep in mind when you’re building your HR team and when you’re building your company culture.

Luciano Colos, Founder & CEO, PitchGrade

You need to give people that sense of purpose and sense of impact. It’s going to drive their performance, and it’s going to drive their feelings of fulfillment and satisfaction. If you can’t do that, then you may not be able to get the best out of your workforce. To get the best out of your workforce, you need to give them a sense of purpose, a sense of impact, and a sense of meaning. I think that HR is the most important group within a company because they influence the company culture.

Luciano Colos, Founder & CEO, PitchGrade

Encourage Teamwork as Well as Having Fun Together as a Team

Our HR Team finds the motivation to keep going by having a good team that works well together and has fun at work. We take our work seriously, but we also find the time to have fun every once in a while.

Lindsey Hight, HR Professional, Sporting Smiles

This could be as simple as decorating our office and dressing up for Halloween or getting employees together to do a tour of our company while learning the history around it.

Lindsey Hight, HR Professional, Sporting Smiles

A Motivated HR Team Equals Overall Performance and Productivity

When your HR team is motivated and working at optimal levels, this energy helps them bring to the floor various resources and solutions that drive the overall performance and productivity of the company. The positive and go-getter attitude of the HR team is where it all begins, and it is this energy that trickles down to the rest of the workforce too. All this makes a motivated HR team one of the most essential components in an organization that aims for growth and success.

As lone rangers driving entire organizations, how does your HR team find the motivation to keep its own clan going? What is one thing that motivates (or how do you motivate) your HR team to keep delivering its best?

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